101.   Prices retreated in the afternoon as investors awaited details of a government plan to spur the Japanese economy expected to be announced this week.

102.   Revenues, meanwhile, should rise under a new government health plan for previously uninsured children with mental health problems.

103.   Rigid labor markets and high-cost government pension plans would inevitably wither away.

104.   Salman Abu Ahmad, a leader of the Islamic Movement, which has the majority in the council, denounced the government plan.

105.   Selling Thomson-CSF is part of an overall government plan to spur consolidation in its defense industry.

106.   Shares in state-run companies dropped amid concern a government plan to sell stock in four government-run companies will swamp demand.

107.   Shares in large banks and brokerages also rose as investors bet they will gain from a government plan to reform the financial industry by easing regulations.

108.   Shares of many brokerages fell on worries banks may sell part of their stockholdings in securities companies to fund their contribution to the government plan, traders said.

109.   So far, the LDP has unveiled two sets of stimulus proposals, which formed the basis of a government economic stimulus plan released yesterday.

110.   Some, but not all, employees could be bailed out by a government pension plan.